Calculating Probabilities and Expectation Values for Hydrogen Atom Wave Function

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Consider a hydrogen atom whose wave function is at t=0 is the following superposition of energy eigenfunctions \psinlm(r)
\Psi(r, t=0) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{14}} *[2\psi100(r) -3\psi200(r) +\psi322(r)

What is the probability of finding the system in the ground state (100? in the state (200)? in the state (322)? In another energy eigenstate?
For this part i found each eigen state and put it into an integral. Should there be limits of integration for r? If so, from where to where? I did the integration for (100) and (200) but for (322) i got something crazy.

What is the expectation value of the energy: of the operator L2, of the operator Lz
I have no clue what to do here.
 
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You integrate over all of space. But to give a hint, if you recall (or read up on) the properties of eigenfunctions, you'll realize you don't need to explicitly do the integration here.
 
I know that if the subscripts are different then the int of
\psi* \psi =0
I got something crazy for
\psi322

but I was able to get the other 2 states. Am I suppose to integrate in terms of r from 0 to \infty ?
Thank you.
 
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